Chapter 61: Big Trouble
"Liquid like water?" Logan looked at Ethan and unconsciously pulled Laura back a step, "You mean this thing is not water?"
Of course, he didn't understand Ethan's previous words, but it was so incredible that he couldn't believe it, and he suspected that he might have misheard some words that was causing his understanding to be skewed, or maybe he didn't know enough about the new linguistics.
"In terms of composition, this thing is definitely not water......" Ethan also felt that his scalp was numb, and the data displayed on his glasses was more and more specific, his IQ was very normal, and there would never be a situation where he couldn't understand it, all kinds of analysis data were telling him that this thing was a creature, but there was no trace of a creature on the surface, and more importantly, he couldn't feel the existence of a soul from this thing at all.
"The absence of a soul, the absence of a spiritual will, means the absence of self-awareness...... Or it was there but has completely dissipated. ”
The only thing that he couldn't understand was that if the spiritual will completely dissipated, then how did this thing maintain its vitality? Any living body will only slowly die after losing its soul, but he observed it for a while, and the vitality contained in it did not decay in the slightest.
Ethan told Rogan all his various guesses and data, and Logan, who listened to it with a pain in his head, only felt that this place was becoming more and more uncomfortable for him, but from time to time there was an urge of 'this place is so good, I really want to lie down and sleep', and the two feelings of great contrast constantly clashed, making him more and more awkward.
"It should be a mental distraction. ”
Ethan wasn't sure if the psychic attack was a creature or if the place was innate, and it was hard to tell which one was worse.
"If it's some kind of creature that isn't easy to detect, maybe you can solve the problem by destroying it. "But so far they haven't found any signs of life, and the only thing related to life is the puddle of clear water in front of them. "If the environment itself carries this kind of psychic attack, then we can get rid of it by just getting out of here. ”
"Do you want to go back?" Logan's knowledge of the world came from Ethan's explanation, and he didn't know if the situation on the island was normal, and whether they would continue to look for the supplies they needed on the island.
"It's not necessary at the moment. ”
Ethan took several amulets out of the ring and gave them to Logan and Laura.
"Wearing it close to your body can protect you to a certain extent. ”
This thing can resist a certain degree of mental interference, and at the same time, when it is subjected to a relatively strong mental impact, it will give a very clear 'warning', and finally protect the user from being hurt by a strong mental attack, while reminding the user that the next trouble talisman can't help you, and you need to make a decision as soon as possible whether to continue or retreat.
At the moment, both the creature and the environment have had a slight mental disturbance. Ethan believes that it is deliberately controlled to this extent, so that people are unknowingly affected, but Ethan cannot guarantee that nothing will happen in the future, just in case some talismans are divided between the two.
"I really didn't expect that all these amulets would be used in this world. ”
The ghost ship and this strange island, he thought that these talismans would be consumed in large quantities when he traveled through the dimensional universe, but found that the situation was completely opposite to what he thought.
After the two of them put the amulet away, several of them continued to move towards the center of the island.
It's a bit of a hassle at the moment, but it's not too much trouble, it's not enough to get out, Ethan wants to see what the center of the island is like, is the weird mental interference getting stronger the further you get to the center? If so, then it proves that this interference comes from the island itself.
The magic wand in his hand continued to be used to explore the grass, and as several people continued to go deeper, the height of the grass had even reached the top of several people's stomachs, and Laura, who was the shortest, rode on Logan's neck to avoid getting lost in the grass that was too high, and Laura, who was in the highest position, would also use a telescope to help several people observe the surrounding situation.
"Did you find anything?"
After a long period of progress, the goal was always the same weed, only getting higher and higher, and Luo was not a good-natured person in the first place, but now he gradually felt a little impatient, and he even expected some trouble, even if a monster suddenly popped up, it would be better than the current situation.
"No, there was grass everywhere, the same as before. ”
Laura's answer made Logan sigh, and he suddenly had the urge to raise his rifle and shoot it at the sky, and at this time, Ethan, who was in the front, suddenly stopped, and then turned around with a solemn face.
"Did you find anything?"
"Your emotions aren't right. Ethan's face was not very good-looking, and he found that his emotions were also fluctuating violently, and the spirits of himself and the others were once again seriously disturbed, which proved that the amulet had lost its defensive effect, but it did not activate the last insurance measure.
This situation is not impossible, Ethan thinks that it only exists in theory, and he didn't expect to be slapped in the face by an island so soon.
"The amulet is no longer able to protect us, and it is a more sensible choice to retreat now just to be on the safe side. ”
Seeing that Ethan was not joking, Logan immediately nodded and prepared to turn away.
When he nodded, he sensed that something was wrong, Laura, who was riding on his shoulder, was actually gone, and he didn't even notice when Laura disappeared.
"Laura?"
Logan kept pushing through the grass on the left and right with his hands to find Laura, but found nothing. The grass is still grass, and when you peel it off, you can only see the dirt on the ground, and even the footprints are not there.
"Ethan, when did you notice what kind of ...... Laura?"
Turning around to ask Ethan, he was surprised to find that Ethan in front of him had also disappeared, and he looked left and right, and there was no trace left, as if he had evaporated out of thin air.
"Fack!"
Logan hatefully kicked the grass in front of him, rearranged the equipment on his body, opened the safety of the gun, and did not rush around.
He is an experienced fighter, and there is no point in running around in such a situation, he must calm down and think about a suitable course of action.
"First of all, we have to make sure that Ethan and Laura are able to move freely......"
He decided to withdraw first, and if the two companions did not return to the ship, proving that their movement was restricted, he would have to think about how to find and rescue them. But when Logan tried to go back, he found that the grassland seemed to be the same all around, and the coast that was vaguely visible was completely gone......
At this time, Ethan was facing the same trouble as Logan, just when he wanted to leave the island, Logan and Laura disappeared so abruptly, and at the same time, the surrounding environment seemed to have become the same, and he could hardly tell which direction he was coming from.
"Ahh ”
The bigger the trouble, the more he couldn't lose his cool, Ethan stood still and didn't move, using his glasses to collect information, but no matter how he collected, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
"No anomaly is the biggest anomaly, it can be determined that vision has been seriously disturbed, and even has been controlled, and the various information given on the glasses is very likely to be what this mysterious force wants me to see, and it can no longer be used as a reference. ”
Taking off his glasses and putting them away, Ethan was sure he had lost his vision.
"The senses of smell and hearing are also disturbed, and the sense of touch cannot be trusted in this state...... Is this to make me burn the small universe and comprehend the seventh sense to become a Golden Saint Seiya?"
I try to adjust my mind so that I can relieve some nervousness and avoid making stupid decisions in the excitement.
"The mind is still normal, it seems that the amulet I made still has some effect, the idea of wanting to sleep beautifully and directly interfering with my thoughts and behaviors has not appeared again, only before I suddenly became a little restless. ”
Ethan could be sure that it was his previous impatience that made him feel that something was wrong, and made him want to turn away from this place, so that this mysterious force realized that this kind of direct interference with his thoughts would not work, so he changed to another method to deal with himself and others.
"In other words, what I can trust most now is my spiritual power?"
The most suitable 'observation method' for the current situation is to use mental power to scan, but Ethan used to use mental power at most to feel or detect some energy reactions and the like, and never used mental power as a detection method such as radar sonar, and he didn't know if he could do it in a hurry.
"At this time, I can only try. ”
After calming down his mood and taking a deep breath, Ethan mobilized his mental power, and then spread it to his whole body little by little.
He was not in a hurry to use his mental power to probe the situation around him, he had to make sure that his body was not being manipulated - now he couldn't believe the sight, hearing, smell, and touch, and he didn't know if his current state was really what he thought he was.
This probe revealed the anomaly, and Ethan found that he was not standing there at all, but lying down, and he couldn't determine where he was lying.
Continuing to check his condition, he found that there were things wrapped around his hands and feet, and these things were constantly releasing a very gentle and extremely insidious fluctuation, which he would not have been able to detect if it were not for Ethan's repeated checks.
"The trouble is bigger than you think. ”